Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22754, Stephen Emerson, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Emerson, Stephen
S. 22754
n. Emmerson
CONTENTS

11-146 Pennsylvania
Stephen Commercen
of G d Co - in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Pennsylvania by Captain Reed - of the Reg't commanded by Col Sill - in the Connecticut line for -
8 Mo. Dr Inf'ty 26.66 3 " " Dr Vagons - 12.50 $ 39.16
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 39 - Dollars 16 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March 1832 and Sent Edw d Nett, Milford, Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 78.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - 19.58 $ 97.90
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by In d P d Sprague Clerk Book E Vol. 5 Page 17

Stephen Emmerson -
19221
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Stephen Emmerson 19221
Stephen Emmerson 19221

State of Pennsylvania Pike County . . . 3 ds .
On this twenty first day of November A D 1848 hundred and thirty two in open Court before the honorable John Boobbaugh Esquire and Daniel W. Dugman Esquire Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Pike now sitting appeared Stephen Emmerson a resident of Lackawaxen township in the said County, now in the seventy ninth year of his age who being duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That according to the information he received from his parents he was born at Lyme, New London County, State of Connecticut on the eighteenth day of October A D 1769. Seventeen hundred and sixty four. That he lived there with his parents till the commencement of the revolutionary War - that he afterwards lived at a place called Walpole on the of Connecticut river - afterwards moved to a town called Plock in the State of Vermont - then moved to Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania - then to the City of Philadelphia - and thence in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight he moved into Lackawaxen township aforesaid where he now resides. That in the spring of the year A D 1775. Seventeen hundred and seventy eight, as he believes, he was drafted at Lyme aforesaid in the Connecticut Militia in Captain William Reed's Company, the other officers names he does not recollect, the regiment commanded by Colonel Phineas Sill - marched to Old Fairfield in Connecticut when Colonel Sill gave him the charge of the drafted men, with orders to join Brigadier General Samuel Pearson who then lay opposite West Point on the East side of the North river, which duty he performed - General Pearson then sent the deponent and the men under his charge to Major General Heath whose troops lay at Mandeville about one Mile below West-point - Major Simeon Deldine was Aid to General Heath - While at Mandeville he was employed in carrying express to the different stations of the American Army - that when he left Lyme the route pursued was through Scabrook, Kennilworth and New Haven That on this tour he was out five Months - then returned home - That some time in the Spring of 1779 he was again drafted in the New London Militia - and served in a troop of light horse, in Captain Scobell's troop - went to Horse Neck in Conne- -cticut with the troop there were two other troops stationed at Horse Neck one commanded by Captain Heacock and one by Captain Noah Phelps - Major Starr had the Command. There was no infantry there - On this tour he says he was out three Months - He further saith that at the latter end of the Summer or the beginning of Autumn in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine he was

again drafted in the Connecticut Militia at Lyme in the Company commanded by Captain William Reed, does not recollect the names of the other Company officers. Colonel Philemon Sill commanded the regiment, they first marched to Newton by the way of Saybrook and New Haven, and joined the troops under General Parsons, that he and other of the troops were sent to General Greene's Army at Hackensack in N. Jersey - they marched to Hackensack by the route of Gauntford, Peekskill hollow - Kings Ferry and Haverstraw - Then he went with General Greene's Army to Tappan in New Jersey below Kings Ferry, while they lay at Tappan General Benedict Arnold deserted to the British - Major Andre was taken and executed and he says he was present at his execution - He was hung on a hill about half a mile from Tappan Church - After the execution of Major Andre went with General Greene's Army to West Point - General Green employed him as an express to carry letters or despatches to General Washington who then lay at a place called Toteaway in New Jersey, which duty he performed. Shortly afterwards he was employed under General Green to carry an express to Hartford in Connecticut to New Britain's Post Office - left the despatches pursuant to his directions and orders and returned home - he says that he was out on this his last tour three months - And the deponent further saith that he has no documentary evidence to corroborate this his declaration - That all those by whom he could have proven his services, are dead, or have removed far out of the reach of the deponent, - He saith that he does not recollect that he ever received any discharge from the service, and if he did it is lost - he also saith that he lives in a part of the Country but very thinly populated and that there is no Minister of the Gospel in or near his neighbourhood with whom he is acquainted, or who is acquainted with him and that George Downham and Jacob Bonnell Esquire are two old and respectable inhabitants of the said County and will as the deponent believes testify as to his veracity. And the deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
Stephen Emory
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
this 21. November A.D. 1832
Deaman (Prot)

State of Pennsylvania Pike County - 34.
We George Bouchanan and Jacob Bonnell both residents of the County of Pike do certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Emmerson the applicant within named who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration or deposition that we believe him to be in the seventieth year of his age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this twenty first day of November
George Bouchanan Jacob Bonnell
A.D. 1832
Seaman (Notary)
And the court also hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War depart- ment that the within and foregoing named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said applicant lives in a part of the County but thinly populated and that there is no Clergyman resident in or near his neigh- -bourhood - and that the resident Clergyman in the town of Milford is utterly unacquainted with him and that George Bouchanan and Jacob Bonnell - are residents of the County of Pike aforesaid, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
John Goodbaugh
Danl. Dingman
Charles B. Seaman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Emmerson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Office at Milford this twenty first day of November A.D. 1832
Seaman C.M.R.

19221 Stephen Emerson
Adm l .
8 Mos. pric. Inf. $ 26.66 3 " " Dragons 12.50 $ 39.16
Edu a Mott Milford Pike C o pa

BRIEF in the case of  Stephen Emmerison  Lackawanna  County of  Pike  in the State of  Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 — — 5 — — As a Private Gen. Col , Sill , Col  Reed   1779 — — 3 — — Expressman Col  Sons  hon'ble  Light  Horse   " " — — 3 — — Private Col  Sill , Col  Reed   Private  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lyme, New London Co. Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? none  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. S. Thruston Examining Clerk.

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In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Stephen Emerson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
8.22754
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1778 5 mos Pvt Wm Reed Phineas Sill Conn.   " 1779 3 " " Senshaw   1779 3 " " Wm Reed " Sill                                            
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyme Conn. Date of application for pension, Nov. 26. 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Lackawaxen Twp. Pike Co. Pa. Age at date of application born at Lyme Conn. Oct. 18. 1754.
Remarks: Date & place of death not stated. No data as to family
Very respectfully,
If last service really was in 1779 this soldier could not have been at Andre's execution. He has made a mess of his officers' names I think. He was most probably in Commissioner. Fithian Sills regt. & Enoch Reed & Selden's companies. but his name does not appear on rolls of that regt in Conn. book.

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February 6, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me uncertified photostatic copies of three pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Stephen Emerson, S. 22754.
Y Mrs. Charles M. Aubert 506 Warwick Place Chevy Chase Maryland
Received payment $0.45 February 6, 1930
W. C. Stokes Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

ELMER E. CHARLES, Attorney & Counselor at Law, WARSAW, NEW YORK.
Warsaw, N.Y. November 4, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Will you please advise me of the Revolutionary War pension record of Stephen Emerson, Pvt. Art & Dragoon, Connecticut Militia, specifying when pension was granted him, how long it continued etc. I am informed he was placed on the pension roll March 23, 1833.
Very truly yours
Mrs Elmer E Charles
Rev. Ink

Chicago Illinois
June 28-0-7
U.S. States Commissioner of pensions.
Dear Sir.
I would like the military history or certificate of services of the Revolutionary Soldier late Stephen C Emerson who served in the Eighth Connecticut Dragoons. was wounded. drew a pension. died in Western N.Y. I think at Oswego. he was my great grandfather. I am in my 70th year. so hope to have no trouble in tracing my ancestor Rev. Jones, will greatly oblige
Mrs. B. M. Millard 57 South Sheldon St. Chicago Illinois

P.S He lived some years in Pike Co Pennsylvania mar- ried a second wife there by the name of Sally or Sarah White the reason I have written this explanation I sent for a record some years ago received one but did not join the Daughters and have lost it and now wish to join Res Yours P.M. Millard

Endicott N.Y.
Aug. 1, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;—
Can you tell me if there is on record a man by the name of Stephen Emerson as having served in the Revolutionary War? He came from either New York State, Massachusetts, or Connecticut and I have been unable to find out which. Will you please send me any

record you may have and all charges will be paid. The information is wanted for a Family Tree.
Respectfully,
Mrs. H. A. Davis Endicott, N.Y. Box 497.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Emerson, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4079 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 4, 1795 to Joseph Brown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.